Synonyms for barriers
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bar-ee-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær i ər |
Top 10 synonyms for barriers Other synonyms for the word barriers
Définition of barriers
Origin :- early 14c., barere, from Anglo-French barrere, Old French barriere "obstacle, gatekeeper," from barre "bar" (see bar (n.1)). First record of barrier reef is from 1805.
- noun obstruction
- noun obstruction to goal
- Barriers, moreover, must certainly have been thrown across that street.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Already the barriers of custom and common-sense were raising their solid heads.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- All barriers were broken down, and she clung to him and cried.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- She had chafed when the barriers rose between her mind and theirs.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- Hence there should be a free crossing of the barriers in use of materials at all times.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- We perforce took our peeps at nature from behind the barriers.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- With his father's might Pyrrhus presses on; nor guards nor barriers can hold out.
- Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
- When the barriers are down and the masks are off, God has a chance of making us really one.
- Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
- They are our shields and barriers; our sure defense; our shock absorbers.
- Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- The barriers passed, your pariah gentleman can be the completest blackguard of them all.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
Antonyms for barriers
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